Major Players in 2016 Election Get Low Marks, Including Trump | Pew Research Center
Somehow the election figures and post-election polling returns are not adding up!
Something is looking decidedly dodgy. It's almost as though the actual election was conducted elsewhere because the result it produced looks oddly out of place.
Firstly, there is the fact that, with counting still to be completed in places, Clinton not only won the popular
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Monday 21 November 2016
Sunday 20 November 2016
Holy Poland!
In Poland in the presence of the first persons of the state officially crowned Jesus Christ | true-news
Poland is now an official monarchy - if you believe the Catholic Church.
In a ceremony in Krakow Cathedral, reportedly attended by government officials including President Andrzej Duda, Jesus was crowned King of Poland. The ceremony was also attended by 'huge numbers' from Germany, Canada and the United States as well as from the rest of Poland.
This is not the first divine monarch to occupy the
Poland is now an official monarchy - if you believe the Catholic Church.
In a ceremony in Krakow Cathedral, reportedly attended by government officials including President Andrzej Duda, Jesus was crowned King of Poland. The ceremony was also attended by 'huge numbers' from Germany, Canada and the United States as well as from the rest of Poland.
This is not the first divine monarch to occupy the
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Friday 18 November 2016
Why Christians Supported the Very Un-Christian Trump
How the faithful voted: A preliminary 2016 analysis | Pew Research Center
One of the most outstanding features of the American presidential election was the complete abandonment of any pretense of morality by the evangelical white conservative Christians in their eagerness to promote a white supremacist, misogynist, serial adulterer, self-confessed serial molester of women and public mocker of disabled people, to the top job. Almost as noticeable was the eerie silence from the black evangelicals and Catholics, even the hispanic Catholic leaders.
One of the most outstanding features of the American presidential election was the complete abandonment of any pretense of morality by the evangelical white conservative Christians in their eagerness to promote a white supremacist, misogynist, serial adulterer, self-confessed serial molester of women and public mocker of disabled people, to the top job. Almost as noticeable was the eerie silence from the black evangelicals and Catholics, even the hispanic Catholic leaders.
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Wednesday 16 November 2016
Rapid Human Evolution in America!
A time transect of exomes from a Native American population before and after European contact | Nature Communications.
Right on the heels of the paper showing how a change in the domestic dog's environment drove their evolution, pushing them closer to humans, we have this example of how changes in the environment by one human group can have a major impact on the evolution of another human group.
In this case, the environmental change was in the microbial and viral environment of Native Americans brought about by contact with European colonists.
It has long been recognised that the huge range of viruses carried by Europeans, probably as a result of
Right on the heels of the paper showing how a change in the domestic dog's environment drove their evolution, pushing them closer to humans, we have this example of how changes in the environment by one human group can have a major impact on the evolution of another human group.
In this case, the environmental change was in the microbial and viral environment of Native Americans brought about by contact with European colonists.
It has long been recognised that the huge range of viruses carried by Europeans, probably as a result of
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Canine Conundrum For Creationists
Amy2B copy number variation reveals starch diet adaptations in ancient European dogs | Open Science
Here is a sweet treat for dog lovers, anthropologists and evolutionary biologists, though not so much for creationists.
An open access paper published very recently in Royal Society Open Science not only sheds light on domestic dog and modern human co-evolution but illustrates an important principle in evolutionary biology: evolution will occur in the presence of a change in the environment with little or no change in the information in the genome. It also shows how gene duplication can play an enormous role in the evolution of a species.
Here is a sweet treat for dog lovers, anthropologists and evolutionary biologists, though not so much for creationists.
An open access paper published very recently in Royal Society Open Science not only sheds light on domestic dog and modern human co-evolution but illustrates an important principle in evolutionary biology: evolution will occur in the presence of a change in the environment with little or no change in the information in the genome. It also shows how gene duplication can play an enormous role in the evolution of a species.
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Monday 14 November 2016
Nasty Design. Nasty Designer?
Mycobacterium abscessus, a species of multidrug resistant mycobacteria, has recently emerged as a significant global threat to individuals with cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. Picture credit: © adiruch na chiangmai / Fotolia Source: ScienceDaily |
I've written several posts with examples of the sheer malevolent nastiness of creationists' notional intelligent (sic) designer, asking if it can get any nastier, but this latest example really does take some beating.
It has now redesigned a mycobacterium so it can now overcome our attempts to stop it making children with cystic fibrosis even sicker, often fallay so!
This was discovered by a team from the University of Cambridge, UK and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute was published a few days ago in Science:
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Thursday 10 November 2016
Brain Development and Creationism
Evolution of Osteocrin as an activity-regulated factor in the primate brain : Nature : Nature Research
Scientists at Harvard Medical School have discovered that a gene that regulates bone and muscle growth may also be involved in brain development and activity in primates, including humans. In particular, this gene appears to be active in areas of the brain involved in cognition and learning. Their finding were published yesterday in Nature.
This is a good example of how genes can be used by the evolutionary process for new functions, and, because this particular retooled gene is only found in primates, it suggests that the repurposing occurred in a common ancestor of this clade.
Scientists at Harvard Medical School have discovered that a gene that regulates bone and muscle growth may also be involved in brain development and activity in primates, including humans. In particular, this gene appears to be active in areas of the brain involved in cognition and learning. Their finding were published yesterday in Nature.
This is a good example of how genes can be used by the evolutionary process for new functions, and, because this particular retooled gene is only found in primates, it suggests that the repurposing occurred in a common ancestor of this clade.
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Ten Great Reasons Women Should Vote For Trump
Donald Trump is the perfect choice for women.
Here are ten great reasons women should vote for him!
Here are ten great reasons women should vote for him!
- He has a penis and you need a penis to run a country. Even a small one will do. Women are physically handicapped in the genital department.
- He doesn't have a vagina, despite what his enemies call him. A vagina would mean he can't think rationally.
- He grabs women he happens to meet in lifts by
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Monday 7 November 2016
Time For Positive Thinking!
It's time for Americans to think and act positively!
Don't be negative!
Don't vote for Hillary just because Trump is a racist who is supported by the KKK and just about every white supremacist redneck!
Don't vote for her just because Trump is a self-obsessed psychopath who regards everyone else as insignificant!
Don't be negative!
Don't vote for Hillary just because Trump is a racist who is supported by the KKK and just about every white supremacist redneck!
Don't vote for her just because Trump is a self-obsessed psychopath who regards everyone else as insignificant!
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Thursday 3 November 2016
Catholic Church Can Keep Child Abuse Secret!
Pope Francis "We will not take one step back..." |
The Batton Rouge diocese had contested a case for negligence brought against them and Fr. Jeff Bayhi by Rebecca Mayeux, now 22. She had claimed that in 2008, when she was 14, she told Fr. Jeff Bayhi that she was being sexually abused by a fellow parishioner but Fr. Jeff Bayhi did nothing to prevent the abuse continuing.
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No Women Priests! Cowardly Pope Blames His Predecessor.
Pope Francis - ban on women priests for ever, Pope John Paul II said so! |
Popes are supposed to be infallible and to be the absolute, ultimate authority on all spiritual and ecumenical matters - but not when it comes to trying to ride two horses simultaneously, it seems.
Face with a question from a Swiss journalist about whether women ever being admitted to the Catholic priesthood, Pope Francis confirmed that the ban would remain in place. When pressed he blamed Pope John Paul II who confirmed the ban in 1994, saying, "Saint Pope John Paul II had the last clear word on this and it stands, this stands".
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Tuesday 1 November 2016
A Christian Husband's Guide to Sleeping Around
A good Christian man with a wife and bit on the side. |
Still trying to understand why American fundamentalist Christians regard Donald Trump as such a great role model and eminently suited to being President of the USA, I looked further into how Christian fundamentalists see a man's marital infidelities. So I turned again to the Biblical Gender Roles blog for an explanation.
Maybe fundamentalist Christians won't be surprised by the hypocritical double standards and cherry-picking approach to the Bible that I found there, but I suspect normal people might at least raise an eyebrow. After all, don't fundamentalists normally make a big thing of the Ten Commandments, including the instruction to not covet a neighbour's wife? Well, that was a mistake, apparently, or maybe it just applies to other people.
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Monday 31 October 2016
A Christian Guide to Making Your Wife Have Sex
Wholesome Christian husband using God-approved moral blackmail to force sexual compliance. |
Remember, Donald Trump's seduction technique, and one of the qualities that so endear him to fundamentalist Christians, is to grab a passing woman by her 'pussy' and expect her to become uncontrollably aroused at the thought of his large wealth. So how does this fit in with current Christian teaching? For this I turned to the fundamentalist Christian blogsite, Biblical Gender Roles.
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Sunday 30 October 2016
Christian Hypocrisy and Donald Trump
Donald Trump. Candidate for Christian values. |
It can best be summed up in a single word - 'hypocrisy'. The longer version is 'power and influence at any price'.
Of course, with the Bible being a cherry-picker's delight, with it being possible to find a passage or two, or maybe a whole chapter, that supports almost any cause, it can be difficult to discern what might be termed 'Christian values' in the it. And most of these can usually be contradicted with another passage somewhere, but perhaps the nearest thing to a definitive statement of what Christian are supposed to behave like is the so-called Beatitudes from the 'sermon on the mount'.
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